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American Indian Community Forum

Held at the Nottawaseppi Northern Health Center, 311 State Street SE,
Grand Rapids, Michigan on Thursday, November 13, 2014, the
"American Indian Community Forum" was the first public event
held as part of the planning stage of the "Gi-gikinomaage-min:
Defend Our History, Unlock Your Spirit" project. That project is
a collaboration among several units at GVSU including the Kutsche
Office of Local History, Native American Advisory Board, Office of
Multicultural Affairs, and GVSU Special Collections and Archives. The
program is funded in part by a grant from the Michigan Humanities
Council, an affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
The goal of this project is to document the experience of American
Indian elders who lived in Grand Rapids during the relocation period.

Kelly and Betty

American Indian Forum, November 13, 2014 at the Nottawaseppi Huron
Band of the Potawatomi Northern Health Center, 311 State Street SE,
Grand Rapids, Michigan. The forum was the first public event held to
launch the planning phase of the "Gi-gikinomaage-min: Defend Our
History, Unlock Your Spirit" project. The goal of that effort is
to ultimately interview American Indian elders to collect their
experiences about living in Grand Rapids during the federal relocation
period. A collaboration among GVSU's Kutsche Office of Local History,
Native American Advisory Board, Office of Multicultural Affairs, and
GVSU Special Collections and Archives, this project is supported in
part by funding from the Michigan Humanities Council, an affiliate of
the National Endowment for the Humanities. Photo by Bri Luginbill,
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